Christmas Traditions in Great Britain Prezentacii.com

most popular holiday in Great Britain. It is a family

holiday. Traditionally all relatives and friends get together and give each other presents.

(in Britain), or Kriss Kringle (in America) is an imaginary

old man in red clothes and with a long white beard.

family Christmas tree,
or near the fire place.
Some people

say that Santa
lives in the North Pole.

In Finland, they say that he lives in the north part of
their country called Lapland.

But everyone agrees that he travels through
the sky on a sledge that is pulled by reindeer,
that he comes into houses down the
chimney at night and puts

but these were not Christmas Carols. They were pagan
songs,

sung at the Winter Solstice celebrations as
people danced round stone circles. The Winter Solstice
is the shortest day of the year, usually taking place
around the 22nd December. The word Carol actually
means dance or a song of praise and joy! Carols used
to be written and sung during all four seasons, but
only the tradition of singing them at
Christmas has really survived!

Carols

during а Christmas season.
The songs are about Jesus and

the time when he was born.

their friends and family.
The first Christmas card was created

and sent in 1843. A man named John Calcott Horsley printed the first Christmas card for Sir Henry Cole, the friend who had given him this idea.